tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post427256143006264054..comments2024-01-19T01:06:56.347-08:00Comments on Steph's Cup of Tea: WordsStephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05753205572837649406noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-4408343438948054962008-05-01T10:27:00.000-07:002008-05-01T10:27:00.000-07:00Hi Steph,I enjoyed reading the beautiful poetry an...Hi Steph,<BR/>I enjoyed reading the beautiful poetry and quotes in your post and the other comments.<BR/>I have always loved the band the Eagles and yesterday I heard "Already Gone" on the radio. I've heard this song many times over the course of my life but these words positively jumped out at me this time.<BR/>"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains<BR/>And we never even know we have the key."<BR/>-Karenartandteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350259339476430261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-15126535759005231352008-05-01T06:33:00.000-07:002008-05-01T06:33:00.000-07:00Amy - the work that has been in the paper from you...Amy - the work that has been in the paper from your writing program at the jail is incredible. Thank you for that service!Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753205572837649406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-31307193841099659972008-05-01T04:54:00.000-07:002008-05-01T04:54:00.000-07:00mep & stephI just used that very same Mary Oliver ...mep & steph<BR/><BR/>I just used that very same Mary Oliver poem with agroup of women that I write with at the local jail. I read it and they wrote a response. very moving poem.<BR/><BR/>AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-20148423165687555092008-05-01T04:10:00.000-07:002008-05-01T04:10:00.000-07:00Thank you MEP and anodyne! Great contributions!Thank you MEP and anodyne! Great contributions!Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753205572837649406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-47880324408124960772008-04-30T16:15:00.000-07:002008-04-30T16:15:00.000-07:00On footI had to walk through the solar systems,bef...On foot<BR/>I had to walk through the solar systems,<BR/>before I found the first thread of my red dress.<BR/>Already, I sense myself.<BR/>Somewhere in space hangs my heart,<BR/>sparks fly from it, shaking the air,<BR/>to other reckless hearts.<BR/><BR/>Edith Sodergran /On Foot I Had to Walk Through the Solar Systems<BR/>-----<BR/>and from <BR/>Mary Oliver/The Plum Trees:<BR/><BR/>"Joy is a taste before<BR/>it's anything else, and the body<BR/><BR/>can lounge for hours devouring<BR/>the important moments."anodynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04398748910266821744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-90059825511727252572008-04-30T12:45:00.000-07:002008-04-30T12:45:00.000-07:00When I was a high school teacher, I always loved p...When I was a high school teacher, I always loved planning something special for National Poetry Month in April.<BR/><BR/>Here is a single line from a poem called "The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver:<BR/><BR/>Tell me, what is it you plan to do<BR/>with your one wild and precious life?<BR/><BR/>Cut and paste the following to find the poem in its entirety:<BR/>http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/133.html<BR/><BR/>(Sorry, I don't know how to set up links in comment boxes.)mephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074153090546740903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-47988192897778055542008-04-30T12:01:00.000-07:002008-04-30T12:01:00.000-07:00Thank you both, Allison and Amanda! Very insightf...Thank you both, Allison and Amanda! Very insightful words.Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753205572837649406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-15127524475548254402008-04-30T10:53:00.000-07:002008-04-30T10:53:00.000-07:00Hi Stephanie,I have been so enjoying your blog. I...Hi Stephanie,<BR/>I have been so enjoying your blog. I am going to take this opportunity to be a small part of it. This quote from Emerson's essay "Self Reliance" spoke to me many years ago and I revisit it again and again.<BR/>"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12436268.post-78561199318783164272008-04-30T09:17:00.000-07:002008-04-30T09:17:00.000-07:00I have a lot of favorite quotes but I recently stu...I have a lot of favorite quotes but I recently stumbled across this one and thought it was great:<BR/>“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston ChurchillAllisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731263200433624916noreply@blogger.com